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Vitex agnus-castus (Chasteberry) | Botanical Profile

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Review & More General Articles on Vitex agnus-castus (Chasteberry) by the UIC Botanical Center

With direct DOI links to the original articles.

Dietz, B. M.; Hajirahimkhan, A.; Dunlap, T. L.; Bolton, J. L. Botanicals and Their Bioactive Phytochemicals for Women’s Health. Pharmacological Reviews 2016, 68, 1026-1073.

Peer-reviewed Publications on Vitex agnus-castus (Chasteberry) by the UIC Botanical Center

Total number of publications on this botanical: 5

With direct DOI links to the original articles.

Liu, J.; Burdette, J. E.; Xu, H.; Gu, C.; van Breemen, R. B.; Bhat, K. P.; Booth, N.; Constantinou, A. I.; Pezzuto, J. M.; Fong, H. H.; Farnsworth, N. R.; Bolton, J. L. Evaluation of estrogenic activity of plant extracts for the potential treatment of menopausal symptoms. J. Agric. Food Chem. 2001, 49, 2472-2479.

Xu H, Fabricant DS, Piersen CE, Bolton JL, Pezzuto JM, Fong H, Totura S, Farnsworth NR, Constantinou AI. A preliminary RAPD-PCR analysis of Cimicifuga species and other botanicals used for women’s health. Phytomedicine. 2002, 9(8), 757-62.

Liu J, Burdette JE, Sun Y, Deng S, Schlecht SM, Zheng W, Nikolic D, Mahady G, van Breemen RB, Fong HH, Pezzuto JM, Bolton JL, Farnsworth NR. Isolation of linoleic acid as an estrogenic compound from the fruits of Vitex agnus-castus L. (chaste-berry). Phytomedicine. 2004, 11(1), 18-23.

Chen SN, Friesen JB, Webster D, Nikolic D, van Breemen RB, Wang ZJ, Fong HH, Farnsworth NR, Pauli GF. Phytoconstituents from Vitex agnus-castus fruits. Fitoterapia. 2011, 82(4), 528-33.

Fan Q, Liu Y, Kulakowski D, Chen S, Friesen JB, Pauli GF, Song Q. Countercurrent separation assisted identification of two mammalian steroid hormones in Vitex negundo. J Chromatogr A. 2018, 1553:108-115.